Celebrating Clayton Spencer Archives
A Pause to Acknowledge
Bates President Clayton Spencer, VP for Equity and Inclusion Noelle Chaddock, and Bates Multifaith Chaplain Brittany Longsdorf take a moment to reflect and pause as our nation grapples with the recent, yet sadly familiar events, of continuing race-based violence.
Reply to May 8, 2020 Letter from Faculty and Staff
Dear Colleagues, Many thanks for your letter, dated May 8 and signed by 52 members of faculty and staff and…
Planning for Next Academic Year
Dear Bates Students and Families, Now that we have reached the end of a winter semester none of us could…
Community Message: Revised Title IX Regulations
Dear Members of the Bates Community: Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights released revised regulations governing…
April 27: Update on financial impact of COVID-19
Dear Colleagues, As we enter another week of managing through a global crisis that has disrupted our personal and professional…
Faculty-Staff Working Group on Fall Planning and College Finances
Dear Colleagues: As we enter the last week of classes for the semester, I write to provide an update on…
Announcement About Reunion Weekend 2020
Dear Bates Alumni, I write today to share what I know will be disappointing news: Due to the COVID-19 crisis,…
Announcement About Commencement
Dear Seniors, I write today with important information about plans for this year’s Commencement. Given where we stand with the…
Message to Faculty and Staff: Thank You!
Dear Bates Faculty and Staff, Tomorrow we head into our first week of teaching our students remotely and into yet…
Greetings from Campus
Dear Students and Families, I hope that by now most of you are settled in at home or somewhere else…